word 2002 . I select text which I would like to form into columns. instead
the whole document is formed into colums. this text happens to be in a table

You cannot have newspaper-style columns inside a table.

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"renee" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> word 2002 . I select text which I would like to form into columns. instead
> the whole document is formed into colums. this text happens to be in a
table

As you format a selection into column format, Word will put it in a
separate section (with the chosen format). In other words, depending
on where in a document you select text, you would get two or three
sections. For selected text in the middle of a table, you'll get a
similar result. Word will split the table (either once or twice), and
put each of the newly created tables in a separate section. So what
you are seeing is probably a mixture of column and table formatting.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"renee" wrote in message
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> word 2002 . I select text which I would like to form into columns.
> instead
> the whole document is formed into colums. this text happens to be in
> a table

"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
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> So what
> you are seeing is probably a mixture of column and table formatting.

Clarification: What you are seeing is probably a mixture of newspaper
column and table column formatting.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP